Watch List notes:

SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy, 466-405 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 17.25 g, 12 h), circa 450-440. Charioteer driving quadriga walking to right, holding goad in his right hand and reins in his left; above, Nike flying right to crown the horses. Rev. ΣYRΑΚΟΣΙ-Ο-Ν Diademed head of Arethusa to right, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace; around, four dolphins swimming right. Boehringer 511 (V269/R363). SNG ANS 163. Nicely toned and with an attractive reverse. The obverse struck from a corroded die and the reverse off center, otherwise, good very fine.


From a German collection, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.